Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-16
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HINTS TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FQR MAKING DAINTY
DISHES = how TO 'PLANK" sHAD DIFFERENT
METHODS OF PREPARING oHIcKEN-BAKED FISH
| STRAWBERRY FRITTERs, ETC.
| DRIED ORANGE AND LEMoN PEEL burned on coal
| In sick-roOm are good deodorizerS.
| Do NOT PUT SALT INTO SOUP until you have done
| Swimming it, as salt will stop the rising OF the
| scum.
AFTER HAVING YOUR HANDS In soapy water wet
them in vinegar and spirits OF camphOT; IL Kills
the alkali and keeps your hands soft.
| Two APPLES kept in the cake-box will keep mod
erateiy-rieh cake moist for great length OF time,
| II The apples are renewed when Withered.
| OLD FLANNEL OF all kinds should be kept for
scrubbing and cleaning paint. Next to flannel come
| coarse soft linen, old Kitchen towels, crash DC.
| WHEN YoU MAKE CUsTARD or other pie with a
dup crust" II you will pin narrow strip OF
cloth around it it will not bake SO hard, and will
| keep In better shape.
| ASPARAGUS CLEAR SOUP.-TO two quarts OF clear
| soup take half q pint OF asparagus tops boiled
| twenty minutes, then "blanched," lie. plunged
into cold water after boiling. Then add to the
boiling soup.
! GREEN PEAs.-Bol the pods fifteen minutes in
| slightly salted water; strain them out, drop in
| the peas and cook tender, but not until they
break. Drain dry; stir In salt, pepper, and good
lump OF butter. Serve hot.
SOUR SAUCE.-One cup of sugar, half cup Of
butter, one even teaspOonfu OF flour, two table
| spoonfus of vinegar; beat all Well together; pour
over it one pint OF boiling water and let 1t come
10 Doll. Spice with nutmeg to taste.
RICH JUMBLES.-Rub to a cream a pound of but
Ter and pound of sugar; mix withita pound and
haf Oh Hour. four eggs and very little brandy;
ron the cakes in powdered sugar. lay them on fiat
Duttered tins. and bake in a quick oven.
IN ALL ORDINARY COOKERY simmerng at $50
nnrpQ off tive hon oln ha{
2l2 degrees. The heat that is applied to do
more than the smallest degree of simmering is
SIMPLY wasted in converting water into useless
steam.
BOILED SWEET PoTAToEs-ChoOse potatoes Of
UNIFORM SiZe wash and boil them in their skins for
twenty minutes; drain and lay in the oven, turn
Ing them several times to hinder burning. until
they yield readily to the touch; serve without
pairing.
BROWN THICKENING FOR SoUPs.-Put into a
small saucepan half pound OF butter; when hot
Stir into 1t half pound OF very dry -FOUR stir this
over the fire till pale brown, taking great care it
does not burn. One large tablespoonful thickens
quart or soup.
GRATED APPLE PUDDING.-Grate eight or nine
apples and take as many yelkS OF eggs, sugar to
TASTE curraats and lemon rind, two teaspOonfuls
of cracker -four and, last the whites of the eggs
beaten to a stiff froth and stirred through the
mass. Bake quick.
SPICED BBEF.-Select gOOd-SZed round of beef,
"hu pom IL ihoo odit, pepper, dlSplcc, nutmeg,
cloves and little saltpeter Let stand for three
days and then boil, adding two ia blespoonfuls
OF New Orleans molaSseS until thoroughly DONE
To be eaten only When cold.
ROYAL CRUMPETs.-Three cups of raised dough,
half cup OF butter worked into the dough, three
well-beaten eggs, and one cup of sugar. beat all
together thoroughly and bake in muffin pans
twenty minutes. Some prefer these without
sugar, buttered and eaten hot.
WATER CREssEs.-Wash we'll, pick off decayed
leaves and leave in 1ce-water until you are ready
to eat them. They should then be shaken free of
wet and piled lightly in glass dish. Eat with
salt. They are piquant appetizer on sultry
mornings and very wholesome.
GINGER PUDDING.-One-halfc cup of molassss, two
thirds Of cup OF butter, one cup OF brown sugar,
TWO cups OF flour, four eggs, one small teaspoonful
OF ginger. one OF cinnamon, and one OF cloves.
Bake in layers and put together with jelly and
Icing. Serve with sauce Or cream.
TONGUE CHEESE.-Take one beef tongue two
calves lIrers, three pounds Of salt pork and boil
until thoroughly cooked. Mince together very
me, season 70 taste with spices, press the mass
into pan and allow to get cold. Slice thin and
serve upon napkin In lunch DISH
SPICED HAM.-Select small ham, from eight to
ten pounds, and have your butcher take out the
bone. FIJI the ham with mace, aspice and
cloves, put into white cotton bag and sew it up.
and boil until thoroughly done. Take off the bag
then bake In hot oven until Drowned.
WINE JELLY.-One box OF Cox's gelatine put
into bowl and pour ON one cup OF cold water.
Let stand, and in short time add two cups OF
boiling water, one pound OF loaf sugar. one pint OF
two lemons; pour into mOldS and set to cool.
CHILDRENs COoKIEs.-TwO cups OF sugar, one of
butter, Two teaspoonfuls OF yeast powder two
eggs, one nutmeg, one cup OF cold water and -four
enough to roll soft. Divide into cakes and bake in
QUICK oven, and, when done. put the cakes into
tin box, tightly closed, so as to keep them both
soft and crisp
CHICKEN SouP.-Cut up one chicken and put it
into two quarts Of milk; season with salt and
pepper. When about half done add two table,
SpOOnfutS OF barley rice. When this is done re-
move the chicken from the SOUP tear or cut part
OF the breast into small pieces and add to the Soup
with cup OF cream.
TURKEY DREssIsG.-Take bread baked two or
three days before and put few slices in skillet.
Pour cold water over IT, set 1t On the stove, and
season with salt, pepper and butter Stir with an
iron spoon: Then rub together one and a-half
teaspoonfuls OF dry sage and put that in the dress
ing. When done, stir In well one egg.
HANGING PIcTURES.-SInall pictures should not
be hung below large heavy ones They appear
best in narrow spaces between holdings and other
convenient hooks, or, ii OF high merit resting on
cabinets or mantels In all cases these should be
as near as possible in line with the eye A single
subject wildly portrayed may be mounted over
the door.
CORN STARCH CAKE.-One cup of butter worked
to cream with two cups OF sugar; one cup OF
HNR In winch Is dissolved one teaSpOonfl OF soda:
two cups OF flour, in which is sifted two TEASPOON
rulS or cream OF tartar; the whites only OF six
eggs, beaten TO stiff frOth. Mix all these inere-
dents well, then add one cup Of corn starch Beat
well. Bake in moderate oven. Win make one
large loaf.
FRESH MACKEREL--Clean the fish; scald bunch
OF herbs and chop them fine and put them with
one ounce OF butter and three tablespoonfuls OF
soup stock into stewpan. Lay In the mackerel
and simmer gently for ten minutes Lift them out
upon hot dish; dredge little flour and add salt
cayenne, little lemOn-juice, and finally two table
spoonfuls OF cream; let these just boil, and pour
over the fish. $3.50
STRAWBERRY FRITTERs.-Beat two eggs well (the
whites and yelks separately, then add TO them a
teaeupful OF cream and pinch of SALT stirring in
enough flour to make thick batter Now heat
the mixture well, and, when thoroughly smooth
throw In pint OF Strawberries. Have plenty OF
boiiing-hot fat in the fryIngpan and fry the same
as ordinary fritters. When done to golden brown
color take them out, drain them. and serve on q
napkin, with sifted sugar strewn over the tops
BAKED FIsB.-Clean goOd-sized fish, either cod
salmon or shad; dry it well in cloth; rub inside
and out with mixture OF pepper and salt. Make
dressing Of bread, butter, and little onion. il
liked Fill the body OF the fish; fasten 1t to keen
In the dressing; then dip the surface OF the Ash
Into beaten egg and roll II In cracker crumbs
Put bits OF butter, pepper and salt over the sur
lace. Then lay a triyet in a dripping-pan put the
hsh on place 1t in no, oven and haste frequently